08 March 2017
Charred remains of desks and parts of containers once used for classrooms is what firefighters extinguished yesterday on a condemned property to the rear of the A.F Adderley High School. The containers were at one point used as classrooms for students from the A.F Adderley High School. However, some two years ago the property was […]
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07 March 2017
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says what the U.S State Department’s 2016 Human Rights Report has conveyed about The Bahamas as it relates to human’s rights is inaccurate. In its most recent statement condemning the report, the ministry says action will be taken. “Now that the US report has been publically released, the Ministry of […]
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07 March 2017
Thick gray clouds still consumed a street in a Jubilee Gardens community where one resident told The Journal she and several others have now decided to take matters into their own hands and that is to have the New Providence Landfill completely removed. Melissa Allen-Maynard says she made the decision after she, her husband and […]
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07 March 2017
Firefighters continued to fight a blaze at the New Providence Landfill that displaced hundreds of residents in the Jubilee Gardens community Sunday. Environment and Housing Minister Kenred Dorsett up to noon Monday said while he could not speak to the level of control established at the dumpsite, firefighters were tackling several hotspots there and in […]
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07 March 2017
Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader Branville McCartney, yesterday lashed out at the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and the official opposition Free National Movement (FNM) accusing both parties of being the blame to the fire disaster that occurred over the weekend. “The PLP has been a complete failure and I point my finger at them, […]
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07 March 2017
The government yesterday slammed original Baha Mar Developer Sarkis Izmirlian and BMD Holdings after he suggested that the multi-billion dollar resort is not as promising as the government is making it seem. In a press release yesterday, the government called Mr. Izmirlian’s claims inaccurate and unsubstantiated; adding that it represents a persistent and unpatriotic attempt […]
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07 March 2017
Alongside government officials yesterday, was the Bahamas Humane Society took up its position in responding to phone calls of stray animals and endangered pets. Chief Inspector Manager Percy Grant teamed up with others in assisting the residents of the Jubilee Gardens area, but specifically for the pets of families. “We will be taking […]
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07 March 2017
Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett suggested yesterday that Ministry of Environment officials has their work cut out for them as it will take five to seven days before they stream waste in the landfill again. Mr. Dorsett spoke to a team of reporters at the Office of the Prime Minister after the government called an official […]
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06 March 2017
By: P.J. Malone As a reminder, Save The Bays (STB) cried “Wolf!” to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the IACHR believed them, in turn granting STB’s petition and demanding that The Bahamas Government cough up tax-payer resources to protect the Save The Bays Five from (what the public can see) non-existent […]
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06 March 2017
The Grand Bahama Human Rights Association said feels demoralized, yet vindicated by the contents of the newly released US State Department Country Report on the state of human rights in The Bahamas. The report highlighted what the organization says is the rapidly deteriorating situation in terms of respect for fundamental individual rights. “This year’s report […]
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